Symposium: "You Imagine Me and I Exist: The Afterlives of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695)"

This 2-day symposium is a prequel to the opera Juana, which explores the multiple “afterlives” of Sor Juana and the many ways in which the famous/infamous nun has been represented — from 17th- and 18th century visual and literary portraits to 20th- and 21st-century historical novels, poetry, plays, films, musical performances, visual arts, and even a Netflix mini-series.

This Symposium will provide the campus community, and the broader Los Angeles community, an opportunity to learn about the life, history, and culture of this enigmatic subject of the opera, and to listen to the music produced in colonial Mexican convents.

Support provided by the Los Tigres del Norte Fund at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.

The symposium is free and open to the public, and the program can be found here. Tickets for the evening screenings of Juana can be purchased through Ticketmaster.